Posted on 01/12/2022 7:50:28 PM PST by Coronal
A spokesman for Florida’s State Board of Administration was shot and killed in an apparent road-rage incident last week near Tallahassee, according to law enforcement and news reports.
The driver of a Prius fatally shot John Kuczwanski, 52, outside a Circle K on Thursday after the two had pulled over following a collision, according to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office and accounts by Florida Politics, the Tallahassee Democrat and other news organizations.
Florida Politics cited unnamed sources who said the incident began when Kuczwanski’s BMW veered out of its lane and hit the Prius, after which both drivers pulled into a parking lot.
The driver of the Prius confronted Kuczwanski, and then got back into his car to wait for law enforcement to investigate the accident, the sources told Florida Politics.
The exchange then escalated dramatically as “Kuczwanski rammed his BMW into the Prius on the driver’s door, and began pushing the car sideways in the parking lot,” according to the account. “Kuczwanski then shot a gun at the white Prius, according to the sources.”
The Prius driver, who also had a gun, shot and fired back into Kuczwanski’s windshield, striking him, the sources told Florida Politics.
The incident took place shortly after 5 p.m. in the area of 6700 Thomasville Road, near Bannerman Road.
Deputies and EMS attempted life saving measures for Kuczwanski on the scene. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Court records show Kuczwanski had been “arrested for a confrontation with another driver at the same intersection in December 2014,” WCTV reported Tuesday.
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” the incident began when Kuczwanski’s BMW veered out of its lane and hit the Prius”
“Don’t you know how important I am?”
I drive a BMW, so I demand respect, you plebian.
One could also think that Mr. Kuczwanski was an idiot with little impulse control. This wasn’t his first time.
Kuczwanski got in trouble years ago for another road rage incident at that intersection. Sounds like he had some anger management issues.
Had to check the byline , lol
You could be right, maybe I misread the story. I read it that the men were out of their cars when the BMW bureaucrat got back in and rammed the Prius. But you could be right and Prius guy was in the car when he was T-boned in which case clear self defense. Ramming a car intentionally with a person inside it is assault with a deadly weapon.
Then again, even if Prius guy wasn’t in the car just seeing the BMW bureaucrat ram his car, pull a gun and start shooting could be reasonably construed as intent to harm. Who knows BMW bureaucrat could have turned the pistol onto Prius guy next.
I wonder what meds he was on?
Who knows BMW bureaucrat could have turned the pistol onto Prius guy next.
Next? Who do you think he was shooting at?
The widow used the word “assassinated,” to describe what happened to her apparent psycho late husband.
I know the feeling... they laugh at my Rolls Royce and they even give my driver a hard time.
They’re always like “Hey, you got any Grey Pompon” Then they all laugh.
It’s a tough life.
At first glance it looks like a righteous self-defense shooting.
My read is that when the two pulled over, Mr. BMW confronted Mr. Prius and Mr. Prius went back into his car until LEO arrived. Then Mr. BMW got in his car, T-boned the Prius on the driver’s side, pushed it through the lot, and shot at Mr. Prius. Then Mr. Prius shot back at Mr. BMW, striking and mortally wounding Mr. BMW through the BMW’s windshield.
They’re always like “Hey, you got any Grey Pompon” Then they all laugh."
Hey, the same thing happens to me, so I give them a fresh jar. If that is all it takes to make the peasants happy, so be it.
But it was his last.
What the hell is a ‘Board of Administration’ ?
(other than another gov’t bureaucratic theft from taxpayers)
They are, but Beemer drivers tend to be jerks in another way—and might think Prius guys are pushovers.
I’m sure you meant ‘Grey Poupon’,
unless pompous is wired into your regular thinking.
I think the BMW driver, aka dead guy, shot at the other car, the other guy, aka the alive guy, shot at the other driver. Result one wounded car, one dead guy.
yep, first glance looks like a happy ending
Huh?
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